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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 29, 2016Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

825 
WUUS55 KPUB 292130
SVRPUB
COC071-292215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0246.160729T2130Z-160729T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
330 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 330 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BRANSON...OR 33 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10383 3735 10368 3720 10326 3700 10350
      3700 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 312DEG 13KT 3723 10369 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLM
3 follow-up statements
316 
WWUS55 KPUB 292139
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
339 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC071-292215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-160729T2215Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
339 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

AT 338 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF
KIM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10383 3735 10368 3720 10326 3700 10350
      3700 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 312DEG 13KT 3721 10366 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLM
254 
WWUS55 KPUB 292147
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
347 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC071-292215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-160729T2215Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
347 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

AT 346 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
KIM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10383 3735 10368 3720 10326 3700 10350
      3700 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 312DEG 13KT 3719 10363 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLM
756 
WWUS55 KPUB 292159
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
359 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC071-292215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-160729T2215Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
359 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

AT 358 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BRANSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10383 3730 10371 3713 10336 3700 10350
      3700 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 321DEG 26KT 3714 10369 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Jul 28, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo35 min
Jul 28, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
Jul 28, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 min
Jul 28, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley46 min
Jul 28, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo37 min
Jul 28, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
Jul 28, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley30 min
Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo47 min
Jul 28, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa25 min
Jul 28, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller40 min
Jul 28, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo48 min
Jul 28, 9:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo44 min
Jul 28, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso52 min
Jul 28, 9:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 28, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 28, 9:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers39 min
Jul 28, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
Jul 28, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 10:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 28, 10:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jul 28, 10:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso28 min
Jul 28, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 11:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso19 min
Jul 29, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Jul 29, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jul 29, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller34 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller31 min
Jul 29, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert48 min
Jul 29, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas45 min
Jul 29, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB43 min
Jul 29, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas46 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.